Gahiji by user4635478

Format: Commander

Commander: Gahiji, Honored One

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 19

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Naya midrange battlecruiser strategy built around Gahiji, Honored One. It aims to ramp into large Beast and Elemental threats while using political incentives and Curses to encourage opponents to attack one another. The deck establishes its board presence around Turn 6 and introduces high-pressure threats such as Avenger of Zendikar, Rampaging Baloths, and Warstorm Surge on Turn 7. Without instant-win combos or mass haste enablers, the deck closes games through multiple combat rotations, dealing lethal combat damage player by player around Turn 10. Its major strengths lie in resilient high-power creatures and flexible board answers like Wrath of God and Hull Breach. However, the list suffers from high tap-land friction, a top-heavy mana curve, minimal card selection, and prolonged exposure to opposing sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Archangel
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Baloth Woodcrasher
  • 1 Behemoth Sledge
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contested Cliffs
  • 1 Crater Hellion
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of Chaos
  • 1 Curse of Predation
  • 1 Curse of the Forsaken
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deadwood Treefolk
  • 1 Drifting Meadow
  • 1 Druidic Satchel
  • 1 Drumhunter
  • 1 Eternal Dragon
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fiery Justice
  • 1 Fireball
  • 1 Fires of Yavimaya
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 From the Ashes
  • 1 Gahiji, Honored One
  • 1 Grazing Gladehart
  • 1 Gruul Guildgate
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Krosan Tusker
  • 1 Krosan Warchief
  • 1 Magus of the Arena
  • 1 Marath, Will of the Wild
  • 1 Mayael the Anima
  • 1 Mold Shambler
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Barrier
  • 1 Naya Charm
  • 1 Naya Panorama
  • 1 Naya Soulbeast
  • 1 New Benalia
  • 1 One Dozen Eyes
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Rain of Thorns
  • 1 Rakeclaw Gargantuan
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Ravenous Baloth
  • 1 Restore
  • 1 Rupture Spire
  • 1 Savage Twister
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Seer's Sundial
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Slice and Dice
  • 1 Slice in Twain
  • 1 Slippery Karst
  • 1 Smoldering Crater
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawning Grounds
  • 1 Spellbreaker Behemoth
  • 1 Spitebellows
  • 1 Sprouting Vines
  • 1 Street Spasm
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 Terra Ravager
  • 1 Tower of Fortunes
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Valley Rannet
  • 1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
  • 1 Vivid Crag
  • 1 War Cadence
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Where Ancients Tread
  • 1 Witch Hunt
  • 1 Wrath of God